Friday, 28 February 2014

Hello Everyone! I've been away in Cape Town this week, so was very busy finishing off my Design Team work for this very short month before I left, hence no blogging! I had a fantastic time there with my older son, who turns 19 next month. I also have a March birthday so my darling hubby treated us to a night away so we could attend the Eminem concert.

We are both massive fans despite being totally anti-swearing {Eminem is known for not mincing his words at all} but I am crazy about the English language & meaningful lyrics & he can't be beat for his story telling. I also love authenticity - and am known for my straight talking - I call a spade a spade & don't beat about the bush - so we have that in common - minus the bad language!

Anyway - back to business!! I'm live over at the 2Crafty blog this week HERE with a couple of new shares. One of them uses the Prima BAP so needs to be shared today so I can link up, as the challenge closes in a matter of hours :)

I loved the February Prima BAP as I'm a layered scrapbooker & there was plenty of opportunity to embellish...

You need to dip the brush quickly into the mist (so you don't load it up too much) then hold it over the area you want to splatter then tap it with your left hand while holding it with your right hand) or visa versa if you are left-handed of course!

This is the final effect, with the texture from the molding paste,

the splatters/water colour effect & the find black speckles.

Some more of the different thicknesses

of the embossing paste here - YUM!!!

16. Glue your entire page to a backing sheet

{I use the white papers that come inside my album refill plastics}

This will iron out any waves & kinks created from the moisture

on your page. Use a roller where possible (around the flat areas)

to ensure that the entire page is well adhered to the backing paper.

17. Play around with the positioning of your

elements until you are happy then adhere.

18. Start layering up & adhering your elements

{packaging, chipboard, craft tag & photo} to the side

of your mixed media work so as not to cover it all up!

19. Cut a 4" {10cm} strip of dry-wall tape

& use it in 4 different places around your main elements

by cutting it down the width in a jagged, uneven fashion.

20. Recolour or add depth to your flowers & embellishments

using sprays & water {the water makes the effect look

more natural & even & less "tie-dye".

And here is the finished layout!

As you can see I tore the tag across the bottom. {Tearing always adds texture}. And also added some smaller Prima tags {paper & wooden} that I cut into 2 pieces each & dipped in my left-over mists for a painterly effect.

I also added a large Prima metal Element from Finnabair.

This is really tactile & textural too & I've been waiting

for the perfect place to put it.

You can see above left that I also used some of the Prima clear packaging with the white script writing. I adhered this with a

big dollop of hot glue that ended up squishing under the entire area, therefore becoming invisible.

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